The Bayeaux Tapestry

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The Bayeaux Tapestry

• BY Ryan M.

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theme

• The Bayeaux tapestry is a story teller over the
  centuries. It tells the story of William the
  conqueror all up until the Battle of Hastings. It
  is very controversial though because the tapestry
  shows a man with a n arrow in his eye. Scholars
  have had many debates over if this man was
  William.

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Who made it

• Bishop Odo commissioned the Tapestry but no one
  knows who made it. People think that it must have
  been a man because the scenes were so well
  described that someone who was there could only
  have done it. Back in those times women were not
  allowed to fight.

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Did many people make it?

• Some people believe that many people made the
  Bayeaux tapestry.They believe that for every
  piece on it a person was given a piece of cloth
  and sewed what they saw in there battles all over
  the empire. Scholars then believe that all of the
  people were then called then called to a meeting
  and sewed the pieces together to make the
  tapestry.

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Pictures

• Here are some pictures

http//hastings1066.com/
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How big is it.

• The Bayeaux tapestry is 70 meters long and ½ a
  meter wide. People believe though that some of
  the tapestry is missing. If the missing pieces
  were found this might explain Williams death.

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Where was it made?

• No one is sure where the Tapestry was made but
  most people believe it was made in England.

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Where was it?

• After the Bayeaux tapestry was made it was
  transported the Notre dame church where Bishop
  Odo the commissioner for the tapestry worked. It
  hung there for 400 years.

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Why was it made

• The Bayeaux tapestry was made to celebrate the
  happy events up to the battle of Hastings.

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The tapestry is in danger

• The French revolution begins. The actions of a
  man, Lambert Leonard Leforestier saved the
  tapestry. People who were fighting or running
  used cloth to cover their wagons. Lambert knew
  that cloth was short so when people were just
  about to take the tapestry he switched it with
  another piece of cloth. Shortly after that cloth
  was gone.

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In danger again

• In 1803 the tapestry was to be cut up after
  Napoleon vanquished England. However when
  Napoleon gave this up the tapestry was returned
  to the people of England.

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Repairs

• After that the tapestry was kept on a scroll to
  keep it safe. This did however stretch the string
  of the tapestry. It was moved all around Bayeaux.
  England's interest began to grow in the tapestry.
  They wanted to know more about it. Then an
  English draughtsman was sent to investigate the
  tapestry. He looked at every stich for 2 years.
  And then in 1842 the repairs were made.

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Sources

• http//hastings1066.com/ this was my main site
• Iconbazaar.com animation

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